H.E.R.O.’s Journey in Tech (26 December 2018) – 2018 proved that computer vision is the most powerful manifestation of AI
December 26, 2018 Leave a comment
H.E.R.O.’s Journey in Tech (26 December 2018) – 2018 proved that computer vision is the most powerful manifestation of AI
Companies
- Pinduoduo imposes stricter rules on merchants to crack down on fake goods (Technode)
- Two million job ads missing? China’s 51job criticizes ‘improper’ research (Reuters)
- How Chip Designer MediaTek Earned A 54% Profit Despite The Global Slump In Smartphones (Forbes)
- East Asia’s reigning chat apps zero in on home turf; Line, Kakao and WeChat look to finance and mobility as US giants dominate abroad (Nikkei)
BATTSS – Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, TSMC, Samsung, Softbank
- Tencent Cloud doubles presence in India to consolidate South Asia expansion (Technode)
FAANNMG – Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Nvidia, Netflix, Microsoft, Google
- What We Can Learn From Netflix’s Failed Community Strategy; Netflix’s failed attempt to make friend recommendations a “thing” holds valuable lessons for product leaders (Medium)
Asia Tech & Innovation Trends
- Chinese girl idol group SNH48 creates digital clones built by AI; The four-minute music video, co-produced by Tencent-backed artificial intelligence (AI) start-up ObEN, claims to be the world’s first commercially released song co-starring human singers and their AI 3D avatars (SCMP)
- Bike-sharing firm Ofo’s dramatic fall a warning to China’s tech investors (Reuters)
- It was once on the verge of global success, but this Chinese smartphone maker just went bust (TIA)
- China to speed up creation of new board for technology start-ups at Shanghai Stock Exchange (SCMP)
- Silicon Valley faces four challengers, all in China (Nikkei)
- Chinese short video app Kuaishou launches AR avatar feature (Technode)
- Hong Kong startup Pickupp raises funding from Alibaba, Spark Ventures, Axis Capital (e27)
- Crowdsourced manga translation app wins entertainment firm’s incubator Demo Day (Bridge)
- LetsTransport raises $13.5M to digitize and improve last-mile logistics in India (Techcrunch)
Global Tech & Innovation Trends
- 2018 proved that computer vision is the most powerful manifestation of AI (TNW)
- An Early Player in Artificial Intelligence for Stocks Gets Funding (Barron’s)
- Tracking Stock for VMware Slides Ahead of Dell’s Return to Public Market (WSJ)
- Mindbody which develops software platforms for fitness, yoga and spa businesses, is going private after spending about three years in the public markets. (WSJ)
- Robinhood’s Regulatory Saga (Barron’s)
- A game changer for gaming: 5G will transform industry by giving streaming services a chance to become big competitors (Nikkei)
- What happens when algorithms design a concert hall? The stunning Elbphilharmonie (Wired)
- Evaluating Early Stage Startups — The Three Metrics that Matter (UJ)
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